Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England
Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England
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DOI：
10.1017/s0033291720001890
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发表时间：
2022-01-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Lambe, Sinead
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作者：
Freeman, Daniel;Waite, Felicity;Lambe, Sinead
背景：一种看不见的威胁明显地改变了世界。各国政府和主要机构必须对冠状病毒大流行构成的危险采取果断应对措施。强加的改变将增加另一种解释站得住脚的可能性。在一定比例的普通人群中，可能存在强烈的怀疑、害怕被误导和虚假的阴谋论。我们的目标是估计关于大流行的阴谋论的盛行程度，并测试与减少遵守政府指导方针的关联。方法在英国对2501名成年人进行无概率在线调查，抽样配额与人口的年龄、性别、收入和地区相匹配。结果该人群中约50%的人几乎没有阴谋论的证据，25%的人有一定程度的背书，15%的人有一致的背书模式，10%的人背书程度很高。冠状病毒阴谋论的水平越高，对所有政府指南的遵守程度越低，接受诊断或抗体测试或接种疫苗的意愿也越低。这些想法还与偏执狂、普遍的疫苗接种阴谋论信念、气候变化阴谋论信念、阴谋论思维以及对机构和职业的不信任有关。持有冠状病毒阴谋论信念也与更有可能分享观点有关。结论在英格兰，关于冠状病毒的阴谋论观点得到了相当大的认可。这样的想法似乎并不局限于边缘人。这种阴谋论信念与其他形式的不信任有关，并与更少遵守政府指导方针，以及更不愿意接受未来的检测和治疗有关。
Background An invisible threat has visibly altered the world. Governments and key institutions have had to implement decisive responses to the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Imposed change will increase the likelihood that alternative explanations take hold. In a proportion of the general population there may be strong scepticism, fear of being misled, and false conspiracy theories. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of conspiracy thinking about the pandemic and test associations with reduced adherence to government guidelines. Methods A non-probability online survey with 2501 adults in England, quota sampled to match the population for age, gender, income, and region. Results Approximately 50% of this population showed little evidence of conspiracy thinking, 25% showed a degree of endorsement, 15% showed a consistent pattern of endorsement, and 10% had very high levels of endorsement. Higher levels of coronavirus conspiracy thinking were associated with less adherence to all government guidelines and less willingness to take diagnostic or antibody tests or to be vaccinated. Such ideas were also associated with paranoia, general vaccination conspiracy beliefs, climate change conspiracy belief, a conspiracy mentality, and distrust in institutions and professions. Holding coronavirus conspiracy beliefs was also associated with being more likely to share opinions. Conclusions In England there is appreciable endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about coronavirus. Such ideas do not appear confined to the fringes. The conspiracy beliefs connect to other forms of mistrust and are associated with less compliance with government guidelines and greater unwillingness to take up future tests and treatment.